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i just found out friday with hpt that i am pregnant i have a conformation test tomorrow. i started cutting back on smoking after the test, still smoking hoping to quit soon but is really hard all the adults in my house are smokers. i have decided to help i will only smoke when completely alone so no social smoking for me and no smoking when driving since that is when i smoke the most....i am scared i am not going to be able to quit.

Hello all! I am 33 weeks now and quit smoking at 12 weeks. I found out at 4 weeks and immediately started the process of quitting. And trust me, i get its a process. I am 31 and smoked heavily since 16... Pack a day at least since right around then. I LOVED smoking. Honestly, i probably still do, but i dont really know because i dont actually smoke anymore. I read online for all the justification that it was okay to smoke while pregnant and weighed out all the pros and cons while telling myself just a couple of cigarettes wouldn't matter and were better than a whole pack. And then my husband called me out that i was still sneaking cigarettes and i basically half truthed him back. So, not only was i still smoking, which isnt good for me, surely cant be good for the little peanut forming, now im basically lying about it and googling all the reasons why smoking in small quantities is ok. So, i quit. I just stopped. And guess what? Im still alive and it really wasnt that hard

I'm sure you have willpower. I consider myself a heavy smoker and all my life I thought I could never quit. The day I found out I was pregnant I just threw away all the cigs I had in the house. It has and still is super hard, and I think I will gain twice the weight I'm supposed to gain. But you know how I motivate myself? I inform myself, I read about the risks, the consequences....I watch documentaries or videos on youtube, that give me some strength and every night make me feel a tiny bit stronger. I have been smoke free for only three weeks now, but I'm sure I'm not going back. I am also sure that if I did it anybody can! Just give it a try!

Don't beat yourself up over it. Just use moderation and it will be fine. If you can cut down the green and the cigs to minimum and when you slip up just forgive yourself and move on. Small amounts of either is not really going to affect the baby, many more women than you realize do both and more and have healthy babies. Stressing over it is worse than the smoking of either

I am 24 weeks prego with my first baby after a misscariage 7 years ago. I am 24 and obese. I feel like the biggest p.o.s when I smoke but I still cant give it up. People on here are going to judge me but I also still smoke pot daily. I have no willpower inside of me. I want so badly to kick both habits and break free from the burden of feeling like I need that cig or that joint. I currently smoke about a half a pack a day. Can somebody please help me?? I feel like im going crazy

Sept 2011 I found out I was pregnant.second child after 15 years. I can't believe how hard it was to even try to quit smoking. I also have a short cervix so I had many obstacles to face during my journey. My stitch failed at 32 weeks and my water broke. April 13 2012 my 2lb 6oz baby girl was born. The 2 month n.I.c.u. life was not fun at all. So ladies I understand because I couldn't seem to put the cigs down myself. I tried several times to quit cold turkey. That made me smoke more because I felt like I had to make up for the ones I missed. Sounds crazy but its true.......

i have been a smoker for 10 years. and being 33 weeks pregnant i still cant find a way to quit. i really really want to. i didnt think the patch was safe to use during pregnancy, but i guess it is. im switching to patches.

I was almost a pack a day smoker for 10 years. When I found out we were pregnant, quitting smoking was the thing I dreaded most, and I have felt everyone who said I wouldn't even want one once I was pregnant had lied to me -- because I definitely still do! I continuously push back my first cigarette of the day. I am 5 weeks and now pushing 7pm for the first puff of the day-- appx2-3 cigs per day. Oddly enough, it's easier this way because once I have one, the cravings are worse the rest of the day.

I cut down from a pack a day to 2-3 cigarettes a day ... I am trying to cut down to 0. I am 5 weeks pregnant now. With my first pregnancy I quit at 3 months but started smoking again when my son was about 5 months old. I should of never picked it back up. I feel so guilty every time I take a pull off a cigarette. It's really hard to quit!

my fiancee is a heavy smoker. I only started when I was 22 yrs old (now 28). he, on the other hand, is half native American and started when he was just 5 yrs old. I am having a hard time quitting since not only does he smoke too, but we can't afford the single $10 packs when we don't buy them from the reservation. how can I convince my doctor to let me try zyban?

I am 11 weeks with my second child. I smoked about a half a pack a day with my first. He had some nicotine withdrawl when he was born but we were able to take him home in 48 hours. He weighed 6lbs and 11oz. And was very healthy once he was over the withdrawl. Then on 5/18/12 he was 3 months and 16 days old, he passed away in his sleep while we were asleep by asperating. I am still not sure the cause as im waiting on his autopsy. He was the most beautiful baby ever and i am still in a very hard stage of grieving over him and a few weeks after he passed i found out i was pregnant again. Which was hard for me and my fiance. We wanted another child,and after the traumatic exp. we are really scared cos of the unexpected death of our beautiful son. I was smoking a pack a day and when i found out i was prego i went down to 5-10 a day. Me and my fiance argue over smoking all the time. He demands i quit.But after reading this and thinkin about my son, i've decided to quit by my 14 weeks.

I'm 8 weeks pregnant and i also find it quite hard to quit. I used to only smoke maybe 3 cigarettes maximum a day anyway but now i'm only smoking half a one a day. every day i try to quit completely but it's really really hard and i just get angry and paranoid because of withdrawls (I'm not sure which is worse for baby?) and then i have half a one anyway which makes me feel terrible. But people are just people, and even if we try it's better than not caring, the fact that you care so much about it is a good sign so don't feel so bad!! A bad mother wouldnt care i guess :D

I am twelve weeks pregnant and am having the hardest time stopping or even slowing down on my smoking. I am starting to hate myself over it!! My husband and i just opened up our own business, been working late hours dealing with many stressful issues. Finding out that i was pregnant was wonderful and very unexpected. I have had two miscarriges in the first year we were married. With both of those i had cut back to one or two smokes a day, then i ended up loosing both babies. Before i was even 9 wks. Now here i am 12 weeks pregnant baby is fine and you would think since all is well that i would be able to stop or at the very least cut back like before. Can someone help me please?? Any advice or helpful tips would be great ladies, thank you so much!

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